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Golden Currant vs Wentworth Highbush Cranberry

Viburnum trilobum Wentworth

Ribes aureum

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Wentworth Highbush Cranberry
Golden Currant

Wentworth Highbush Cranberry is an ample producer that will make you think of the perfect cranberry sauce when you see it. Its huge fruit is delectable in jellies and sauces. In the spring it bears clusters of white flowers, contrasted against green vegetation that turns a rich red in the fall. Magnificent in garden borders or mass planting, you’ll appreciate your cranberry on your table and in your yard.

Golden Currant produces berries for jams, jellies, sauces and even pemmican. This currant bush is very dense, allowing for use as a hedge, windbreak, or wildlife habitat.

This plant is also a very popular rootstock to graft popular red and white currant varieties to. The resulting plants are taller, more productive, and easier to harvest.

Wentworth Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Golden Currant Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 4a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: medium


Fall colour: brilliant red
Fall colour: reddish purple
Flowers: yellow
Berries: 12mm, edible red berries
Berries: glossy black berries
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC
Other Names: wentworth redwing cranberry
Other Names: buffalo currant, clove currant, fragrant golden currant, golden flowering currant, spicebush